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Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Preparing Clients for Mediation: Explaining the Process, Setting Expectations and Strategies, and Coaching Performance

Preparing your client for mediation can ensure that the mediation process is productive and not a frustrating, anxiety-producing event. While settlement is always preferable, it is not the only measure of productivity in a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Auto Insurer Settles With New York AG Over Insurance Application Platform Security Issues

The New York Attorney General recently entered into an assurance of discontinuance with Root Insurance Company following a 2021 data incident. According to the AG, the threat actors obtained people’s drivers’ license numbers...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OCR Announces Fifth Settlement Under Its Risk Analysis Initiative

Background - On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with Health Fitness Corporation (“Health Fitness”), a company that provides wellness...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

OCR Enforcement Activity: Trends and Insights From a Limited Sample

Arecent report put the odds of an asteroid hitting the earth in December 2032 at 3.1%—which is 3,100 times more likely than an organization resolving an enforcement action with the U.S. Department of Health and Human...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

EnforceMintz — Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs to Remain in the Enforcement Spotlight in 2025

As government scrutiny and enforcement targeting the Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) program continued in 2024, the industry’s response to agency actions escalated. Last year also resulted in the first sizable Part D...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Mediation Is an Effective Risk Management Strategy, but Be Thorough.

An old adage states, “The worst settlement is often better than the best trial, particularly for the losing party.” This was true in a recent upstate New York case where a jury awarded damages twenty times the realistic...more

ArentFox Schiff

FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest — Fall 2024 False Claims Act Newsletter

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Welcome to the Fall 2024 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and compliance...more

Goodwin

Texas AG Reaches First-of-its-Kind Settlement With Healthcare AI Company Over Hallucination Rate Claims

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In a recent settlement, the Texas attorney general resolved allegations that Pieces Technologies, Inc. (Pieces), a healthcare generative AI company, misrepresented the hallucination rate of its generative AI product to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CT AG Settles Data Breach Case with Guardian Analytics

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced on October 21, 2024, that his office has settled a data breach case against Guardian Analytics, Inc. for $500,000. The data breach affected the personal information of...more

Alston & Bird

FTC and State AGs Settle with Marriott over Starwood Data Breaches

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Our Consumer Protection/FTC and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy teams unpack Starwood Hotels’ and Marriott International’s settlements with the Federal Trade Commission and Marriott’s settlement with state attorneys general...more

Baker Donelson

The Office for Civil Rights Recently Settled Two Ransomware Related Investigations

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently settled two ransomware cases with covered entities. These cases signal the government's growing concern with health care...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

23andMe’s $30M Settlement: What It Means for Companies Handling Genetic and Genomic Data

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The recent $30 million settlement between 23andMe and 6.4 million users following a major data breach offers important lessons for businesses dealing with sensitive genetic and genomic information....more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Releases Materials on T+1 Settlement Cycle Adoption in Advance of May Compliance Date

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Who may be interested: Registered-Investment Companies; Investment Advisers; Broker-Dealers - Quick Take: In May 2023, the SEC adopted several Rules and Rule amendments which, among other things, shorten the standard...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Employees’ Misdeeds, Lack of Risk Analysis Cost NY Hospital $4.75M; OCR Issues Warning

Although the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) described its recent $4.75 million agreement with a Bronx, New York, hospital as settling a “malicious insider cybersecurity investigation,” the agency considered a total of 11...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - February 2024 - 2

The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more

Mintz

EnforceMintz — 2023 Brings Uptick in Cybersecurity Enforcement, Insight Into Potential Risks

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After the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative in October 2021, many in the False Claims Act (“FCA”) bar expected an onslaught of enforcement actions and qui tam cases. The initiative...more

ArentFox Schiff

How to Avoid an Independent Compliance Monitor: Lessons From the SAP Settlement

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This week, SAP SE (SAP), the German-based software company, agreed to pay over $200 million to resolve investigations by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into violations of...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

New York AG Remains Active On The Data Security Enforcement Front

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In yet another example of its focus on imposing greater data security accountability, the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) recently announced a significant settlement with Marymount Manhattan College (“the College”). The...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: October 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 10 (October, 2023) Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals will pay California $49 million to resolve allegations that they unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste,...more

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HHS OCR Settles with iHealth Solutions Over Alleged HIPAA Violations

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On June 28, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement (resolution agreement and corrective action plan) with iHealth Solutions (also known as Advantum Health)...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Five Years After ‘a Singular Human Error,’ Two Breach Notices, Revenue Firm Settles With OCR

Five Years After ‘a Singular Human Error,’ Two Breach Notices, Revenue Firm Settles With OCR - As far as settlements for alleged HIPAA violations go, a recent agreement announced by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...more

BCLP

SEC penalizes company with good disclosures for insufficient controls

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What happened? In a recent settlement order, the SEC charged Activision Blizzard with failing to maintain adequate disclosure controls and procedures. Notably, the SEC did not claim that the company’s SEC filings were...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Graduation Goods Settlement: A Good Reminder of AGs’ Data Security Priorities

The New York and Pennsylvania AGs settlement with Herff Jones from late last year provides guidance to businesses about expected security measures as we enter into 2023. The case arose after Herff Jones, producer and seller...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NYDFS’s $4.5 Million EyeMed Cyber Settlement Reminder To Industry

In a recent settlement with the New York Department of Financial Services, EyeMed Vision Care LLC agreed to pay a $4.5 million penalty and undertake remedial measures to increase its cybersecurity. This includes undertaking...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Physician Partners of America Agrees To Pay $24.5 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

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Physician Partners of America Agrees To Pay $24.5 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations - Physician Partners of America LLC (PPOA), its founder, and its former chief medical officer agreed to pay $24.5 million to...more

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